archiveOctober 2, 2020

  The Federal Government has directed the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to transfer candidates’ biometrics to their institutions of choice. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said the directive was issued through the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu on Friday in Abuja. Oloyede said that effective checks have...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a get-well-soon message to President of the United States of America (USA) Donald Trump, and his wife, Melania, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the President also charged...

 The police in Lagos have arrested another convener of the “Fix Badagry-Lagos Road” protest for participating in Thursday’s demonstration over the deplorable condition of the expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Ovi Kuponu was arrested on Friday when he went to deliver food for the two protesters...

 Belgian Romelu Lukaku has been named the Europa League player of the 2019/2020 season after the forward helped Italian side Inter Milan to the final with goals in every knockout round. Lukaku, who revived his career in Italy with 34 goals in all competitions in his first season at the...

  The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday upturned the August 17, 2020 verdict of the Bayelsa State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal which had sacked Governor Duoye Diri from office and ordered fresh poll to be conducted within 90 days. A five-man panel of the Court of Appeal led...

  The Federal Government has directed the reopening of universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in the country. Tertiary institution regulatory agencies like the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) and National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) have also directed tertiary institutions to reopen. The...

A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Ajao Adejumo, has called on Nigerians to support the bill for an Act to declare Chief Obafemi Awolowo a national hero. Adejumo made the call in a statement while felicitating with Nigerians on the occasion of the 60th Independence anniversary of the...

  The Presidency has told artisans not to pay anybody, under any guise, while trying to access the support grant under the National Economic Sustainability Plan (NESP). Mr Tola Johnson, Special Assistant to the President on Micro Small and Medium and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Office of the Vice President, said...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has described as “unassailable and unquestionable” the eligibility of its Lagos East by-election senatorial candidate, Mr Tokunbo Abiru. The APC, in a statement on Thursday by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Seye Oladejo, said there was no court suit challenging the eligibility of...

Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Canada, Amb. Adeyinka Asekun, says the host country is unfairly denying a lot of Nigerians visas including students. Asekun stated this during a webinar on Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary organised by the mission on Thursday evening. He expressed the hope that the issue would be addressed...